Angelina Courthouse Annex getting automatic doors

Changes are coming to theAngelina County Courthouse Annex building in Lufkin.

Thanks to a recent governmentgrant, the county has started to install doors that meet the standards of theAmerican Disabilities Act. The doors at the front now have a button that when pressedwill automatically open.

In the next two weeks, theside doors will be replaced with new sliding doors.

County Tax AssessorCollector Midget Sherman says that new doors will help make it easier forvoters with disabilities to get to the voting area in the courthouse.

Officers with the Lufkin ISD Police Department arrested high school student Tevin Dewayne Sanders in October 2016 for allegedly coming up behind a teacher who was working late and putting a cord in front of her neck.

Officers with the Lufkin ISD Police Department arrested high school student Tevin Dewayne Sanders in October 2016 for allegedly coming up behind a teacher who was working late and putting a cord in front of her neck.

According to agriculture experts at Angelina County's Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service, the recent heavy rain, combined with the East Texas region's clay layer, could make soil water logged and prevent plant growth.

According to agriculture experts at Angelina County's Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service, the recent heavy rain, combined with the East Texas region's clay layer, could make soil water logged and prevent plant growth.